Annanough see off Spink

Annanough closed out the group stages of the Championship with a surprise victory over a highly-rated Spink side in Stradbally on Friday evening, to see both sides progress to the quarter-final stage.

Annanough closed out the group stages of the Championship with a surprise victory over a highly-rated Spink side in Stradbally on Friday evening, to see both sides progress to the quarter-final stage.

Football Laois IFC Round 5

Annanough 1-12

Spink 0-7

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As expected, Spink were first out of the blocks with Daithi Brennan converting an early free before Cha Dwyer did well to shake off the challenge of the Annanough defence before calmly splitting the posts to send his side two points in front.

Looking to upset the odds in this fixture, Annanough went on to claim five successive points through Simon Miller (2), Danny Carroll, John Scully and Shane Stapleton to storm into the lead.

Dan Bergin’s big effort sailed between the posts in an attempt to halt the relentless Annanough attacks, but Annanough replied with the only goal of the game.

With twenty-six minutes on the clock, Donal Miller claimed the ball from the kick-out before marching through the opposition defence and rattling the Spink net to put five between the teams.

Annanough continued to keep pressure on the Spink defence in the dying minutes of the half as Danny Carroll, Donal Miller and James Miller all lifted the white flag before the whistle, while Dan Bergin narrowed the Spink deficit to seven points at the interval.

Annanough continued the dictate the play in the second half as Danny Carroll, James Miller and Simon Miller extended the Annanough lead to ten points as Spink began to drift further away.

Scores were hard to come by in the second half for Spink as they added just three points - Paul Simms with two points, while Dan Bergin brought his tally to three points for the day. Annanough closed out the game with James Miller splitting the posts to seal an eight point victory for his side as both teams now progress to the quarter-final stage, with Annanough facing Portlaoise and Spink meeting Ballyfin.

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